Your Name: _______________________________________

Scientific name of organism: _________________________________________________

Identify two characteristics of your organism:

 

Its common name (if it has one):

 

Its group or kingdom (broader topic):

 

Think about what you may already know about your organism--what did you learn from your Google search? For example, do you know where it lives? Environment? Does it have a relationship to humans or other animals? What does it eat (or does it)? What eats it? Is it endangered?

 

 

 

 

Choose a "Getting Started Source." It can be a web site, a reference book, or something else.

Title:

Call number or url:

 

Does your "Getting Started Source" have a bibliography or citations to other sources on your topic? If so, use these as further research resources.

Identify keywords from the "Getting Started Source" that can be used to search for information on your topic, including other names for your organism.

 

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Find any library resource that you can check out that might be useful for this class. Use GALILEO, VU's online catalog. Citation found:

Author(s):

 

Title:

 

Publisher & place of publication:

 

Date of publication:

 

Call number:

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Use the any online periodical index to find one peer-review science journal article, related to this class, that can be found full-text either online or in the library.

Article citation found:

Author(s):

 

Article title:

 

Periodical title:

 

Volume #:         Issue:          Date:                 Page(s):      

     

Did you get the full-text online or is it available in the library?